Best way to convert MKV with free MKV converter software?

Question: Best FREE way to convert MKV video files to other more friendly formats like MPG or AVI?

Best Answer: I use VLC media player. Similarly to Winamp it is free and will play the MKV files and if you go into the wizard with CTRL-W it will allow you to specify a file output stream. The more advanced options are found under Settings > Prefs > Streamoutput > SOUT stream > Transcode.

VLC is also Command line friendly and you can take the transcode options directly from the GUI settings line and paste them into a BAT file to create a single click converter or to batch all of your conversions with a BAT file. As for one really MKV converter software, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe is the best one ever. Take converting MKV to AVI as example:

At present, there's one common method that especially when you are new to digital video tend to use. If you have some not PC-friendly video files, like MKV, AVCHD, M2TS, BDAV video, you will move to find a collection of the most common decoding drivers (usually called codec packs).